Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ruled that damages were due for the effects of surfactants but not for a small presence of phosphates . |
| 2 | I believe you were due for the afternoon off tomorrow . |
| 3 | A message from Mr Dubcek to the crowd in Prague , read by the economist who advised him in 1968 , called for the resignation of all those in the present leadership who were resposible for the invasion and its aftermath . |
| 4 | A message from Mr Dubcek to the crowd in Prague , read by the economist who advised him in 1968 , called for the resignation of all those in the present leadership who were resposible for the invasion and its aftermath . |
| 5 | Since my remarks were unnecessary for the decision , R. not having yet attained the age of 16 , I am free to reconsider the matter and to reach an opposite conclusion . |
| 6 | A study at the unit was carried out on 80 women under the age of 40 who were pregnant for the first time . |
| 7 | After that it was a matter of negotiating a passage with the captain and then waiting until the ship 's cargo was loaded and the weather and omens were right for the voyage . |
| 8 | In a recent article in Current Anthropology , one palaeontologist went even further and stated that the molecular anthropologists were right for the wrong reasons , while the palaeontologists were wrong for the right reasons . |
| 9 | She had examined each one carefully , discarding then re-examining until she was satisfied that the gift was rich enough without being ostentatious , that the stones , the colours , were right for the girl . |
| 10 | It is sour grapes , they say , because the candidates no doubt sent in many copies of their CV without response ; fell by the wayside in competition with better candidates ; failed to convince the would-be employer that they were right for the job ; or were just plain unlucky and not in the right place at the right time . |
| 11 | But most Roman varieties were unsuitable for the British climate and the Norman varieties rapidly took precedence . |
| 12 | Both sides have struggled in the league this year and Haslemere were grateful for the time and space they were allowed in this match . |
| 13 | So although those carers in the action sample were grateful for the help they received from the Home Support Project ( and almost without exception carers throughout the action samples expressed the same sentiment ) , there is scant evidence that it contributed to allaying feelings of strain . |
| 14 | They managed to keep their lassitude at bay with regular coffee breaks every hour and when lunch arrived unexpectedly just after midday , courtesy of Brummer , they were grateful for the nourishment and the respite . |
| 15 | The fine weather made the push even harder work , and participants and spectators alike were grateful for the cooling drinks available from stalls manned by Fowey branch members . |
| 16 | They had reason to hate the Turks , who had driven them from their homes ; they were grateful for the grants of land which enabled them to settle down in their new homes , and they owed no allegiance to the Croatian and Hungarian nobles . |
| 17 | It was not clear whether by this time children were possible for the couple ; it was not apparent that the author knew much about that kind of thing . |
| 18 | ‘ If it were possible for the Football League to kick him out of the club , that 's what I want . |
| 19 | Both those statements were momentous for the Royal Family but the historical impact of Charles and Diana 's separation is likely to be greater . |
| 20 | Liverpool was taking a beating , and rumours were free for the asking on every street corner and in every food queue . |
| 21 | The eggs were clear for the first two or three days , after which the developing fish were clearly visible inside . |
| 22 | I kept them clean and well-dressed , made sure they ate the right things , had regular dental checks and all that , but some of my methods were unorthodox for the time . |
| 23 | In a recent article in Current Anthropology , one palaeontologist went even further and stated that the molecular anthropologists were right for the wrong reasons , while the palaeontologists were wrong for the right reasons . |
| 24 | Once again , however , defensiveness won the day and when the Strathclyde Centre circulated forces asking them to co-operate in the venture , a decision was taken to withhold co-operation and a circular went round to this effect , suggesting the existing Home Office funded PRSU ( Police Research Services Unit ) and the Home Office Research and Planning Unit were adequate for the needs of the service . |
| 25 | Today , classrooms were empty for the second day running . |
| 26 | The NLA , which held its first session on March 29 , came under attack from various politicians who claimed that its members were unqualified for the task of drawing up a new constitution . |
| 27 | Moreover , in their anxiety to forge an alliance with the bourgeoisie and their blindness to the revolutionary potential of the peasantry , they were willing for the proletariat to accept a position of subordination to liberal bourgeois leadership . |
| 28 | In Chapter 3 the focus will be directed instead on those contacts between the guberniia centres of Saratov and Samara and Moscow which were crucial for the alleviation of the famine conditions . |
| 29 | In particular , although the numbers of cases and the prevalence of exposures in the highest dose categories considered by Gardner et al were similar for the control fathers in the two studies , the Ontario study found no evidence of a risk associated with such doses . |
| 30 | The adrenaline responses ( fig 1 ( bottom ) ) were similar for the two insulins ( area under the curve 138 ( 25 ) nmol/l/ 240 min ( human ) v 138 ( 21 ) nmol/l/240 min ( porcine ) ; 95% confidence interval -51 to 51 ; p=0.9 ) . |